Track: Blue Hawks among top contenders at track MOC

Exeter High School athletes will be among the state's top contenders at the 2013 NHIAA state track and field Meet of Champions, which will be held on Saturday at Londonderry High School.

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Exeter High School athletes will be among the state's top contenders at the 2013 NHIAA state track and field Meet of Champions, which will be held on Saturday at Londonderry High School.

The Blue Hawks will feature top seeds and reigning Division I champions Shannon Murdock in the 1,600-meters (4:56.87) and Brendan Keach in the discus throw (138 feet, 7 inches).

Murdock repeated as the league's champion in both the 1,600 and 3,200 at last weekend's divisional title meet held at Winnacunnet. She'll be the No. 3 seed in the 3,200 meters on Saturday with a seed time of 11 minutes, 13.49 seconds.

Keach will be joined by teammate and second seed Brenton Dressel (133-6) in the discus. Keach will also compete in the shot put (45-0) on Saturday, and the Hawks have another thrower to watch in Mitch Herrington (javelin, 151-2).

On the track, Exeter's Christian Leefmans is seeded second in the 400-meter dash with a seed time of 50.42 seconds. Distance star Justin Carbone is seeded fourth in the 1,600 (4:24.37) and seventh in the 3,200 (9:45.13), and the Blue Hawk boys will also feature Matt Vigars in the 400 (51.62), Dan McColley in the 1,600 (4:32.37) and Max Medley in the high jump (5-10). Exeter's 4x400 relay team of Leefmans, Vigars, Matthew Alaniz and Silas Richards is seeded fourth (3:32.38).

Carbone notched a PR time 4:24.37 to win the 1,600-meter title at last weekend's divisional meet.

On the girls side, Blue Hawk sprinter Sydney Petersen is seeded fifth in the 400 meters (59.06) and sixth in the 200 (26.36). The Exeter girls will also feature Rachel Leonard in the 400 (1:01.42), Emma Henricks in the 1,600 (5:35.40), Maddie Lasewicz in the 3,200 meters (47.34) and Melanie Lamar in the discus throw (92-11). Exeter's 4x400 team of Lasewicz, Petersen, Molly Ryan and Leonard are seeded seventh in the meet (4:14.11).

The 2014 New England Outdoor Championship meet will be held at Bridgewater State University (Mass.) next Saturday, June 14.

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